Embassytown

"Embassytown" China Mieville 2011 In this book Mieville explores what limits communication between people. One of the 'people' is humans. The other 'people' are aliens who speak so differently that they can't even tell that human sounds are language. One of the disconnects is that the alien have two mouths and only understand as language things that are said in two part harmony by one brain. As usual, the topic is fascinating and Mieville writes very well.